New voyages to North-America /
by the Baron de Lahontan ; reprinted from the English edition of 1703 with facsimiles of original title-pages, maps, and illustrations, and the addition of introduction, notes and index by Reuben Gold Thwaites.

Description

Main Author

Lahontan, baron de, 1666-1716.

Related Names

Paltsits, Victor Hugo, 1867-1952.
Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913.

Language(s)

English

Published

Chicago : A.C. McClurg, 1905.

Subjects

Lahontan, > Lahontan, / baron de, > Lahontan, / baron de, / 1666-1716
Lahontan, > Lahontan, / baron de, > Lahontan, / baron de, / 1666-1716 > Lahontan, / baron de, / 1666-1716 / Bibliography.
Travel.
Indians of North America.
English language
English language
Indians of North America > Indians of North America / Canada > Indians of North America / Canada / Early works to 1800.
Portugal.
Denmark.
Canada.
Denmark > Denmark / Early works to 1800.
Portugal > Portugal / Early works to 1800.
Canada > Canada / To 1763 (New France) > Canada / To 1763 (New France) / Early works to 1800.
Canada > Canada / Early works to 1800.
History.
Early works.
Bibliographies.

Note

Pagination: v.1: [5], vi-xciii, [3], 4-407, [1] pages, [13] leaves of plates (2 folded) : 8 illustrations, 5 maps (2 folded) ; v. 2: [5]-vi, [5], 412-797, [7] pages, [11] leaves of plates (1 folded) : 11 illustrations (1 folded).
Publisher's advertisement for "Volumes in McClung's library reprints of America": v. 2, pages [799-804].
"A short dictionary of the most universal language of the savages": v. 2, pages [732]-748.
"An appendix containing some new voyages to Portugal and Denmark": v. 2, pages [619]-731.
"A conference or dialogue between the author and Adario, a noted man among the savages": v. 2, pages [517]-618. This has been attributed to Nicolas Gueudeville. Cf. Winsor, Nar. and crit. hist. of Amer., v. 4, p. 257-260.
Some authorities consider Letter XVI, v. 1, which describes a voyage on Long River, which may have been Minnesota River as imaginary. The Indians described are for the most part also mythical.
"A table explaining some terms made use of in both volumes": v. 1, pages [401]-407.

Physical Description

2 volumes : illustrations, folded maps, facsimiles ; 22 cm

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